The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published official information on military operations in the Kursk region.
On Friday, September 6, the Defense Department Press Service published a special military report on this topic.
It is reported that over the past 24 hours, units of the Northern Group of Troops, with the support of military aviation and artillery fire, repelled two attacks by enemy assault groups in the direction of the settlements of Matveevka and Olgovka.
In addition, attempts to attack the settlements of Borki, Komarovka and Maryevka were thwarted.
As a result of the active actions of the Russian troops, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to up to 30 people killed and wounded. In addition, one armored personnel carrier, two armored combat vehicles and two cars were destroyed.
“Air strikes, artillery fire and active actions of Russian troops defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 22nd, 61st and 115th mechanized, 80th and 82nd air assault, 92nd assault, 152nd ranger brigades and the 1,004th security and support brigade in the areas of the settlements of Apanasovka, Borki, Vishnevka, Vnezapnoye, Gordeevka, Kruglenkoye, Kazachaya Loknya, Kositsa, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Malaya Loknya, Novoivanovka, Novaya Sorochina and Snagost,” – the report says.
It is also reported that operational-tactical aviation and missile forces carried out strikes in the Sumy region in areas where personnel and military equipment of the reserves of the 22nd and 115th mechanized brigades, the 80th and 95th air assault brigades, the 92nd assault brigades of the Armed Forces and the 1st National Guard Brigade, as well as the 101st, 103rd, 106th, 107th and 129th Defense Brigades were concentrated.
The targets of the attacks were the areas of the settlements of Belopolye, Boromlya, Bruski, Gritsenkovo, Glukhov, Glybnoye, Linovo, Miropolye, Orlovka, Obody, Pisarevka, Sumy, Khoten, Yunakovka and Yampol.
“During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 300 servicemen and 12 armored vehicles, including: two armored personnel carriers and 10 armored combat vehicles, as well as two artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station and 14 vehicles.” – stated the Ministry of Defense.
According to the department, during the fighting in the Kursk direction the enemy lost more than 10,400 servicemen, 81 tanks, 41 infantry fighting vehicles, 74 armored personnel carriers, 599 armored combat vehicles, 339 vehicles, 76 artillery pieces, 24 launchers of multiple launch rocket systems, including: seven M142 HIMARS and five M270 MLRS made in the USA, eight launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems, two transport-loading vehicles, 19 electronic warfare stations, seven counter-battery radars and two air defense radars , eight units of engineering equipment, including two mine-clearing vehicles and one UR-77 mine-clearing installation.
